2001 NCAA Division I men's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 13–29, 2001[1]
Teams12
Finals siteRutgers Stadium
New Jersey Piscataway, New Jersey
ChampionsPrinceton (6th title)
Runner-upSyracuse (11th title game)
SemifinalistsNotre Dame (1st Final Four)
Towson (2nd Final Four)
Winning coachBill Tierney (6th title)
MOPB.J. Prager, Princeton
Attendance[2]21,268 finals
64,489 total
Top scorerMichael Powell, Syracuse
(12 goals)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«2000 2002»

The 2001 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 31st annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs, held at the end of the 2001 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.[3]

A Princeton goal with 41 seconds remaining in the first overtime period of the final lifted the second-seeded Tigers (14-1) to a 10–9 victory against top-seeded Syracuse (13-3). With the victory, Princeton earned its sixth NCAA national championship (1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998) in ten years. This marked the fourth time that the Tigers had won the title game in overtime.

The victory was the 11th straight for Princeton in one-goal games, including all three of its tournament games. Most outstanding player B.J. Prager scored the game-winner, his fourth tally of the day, with 41 seconds left in the five-minute overtime period.

The championship game was played at Rutgers Stadium at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, with 21,268 fans in attendance.[4]

Qualifying

Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.

Bucknell made their debut appearance in the Division I men's lacrosse tournament.

Bracket

First Round
May 13–14, 2001 		Quarterfinals
May 20–21, 2001 		Semifinals
May 27, 2001 		Final
May 29, 2001
            
8 Virginia 14
Hofstra * 15
1 Syracuse 18
Hofstra 13
1 Syracuse 12
5 Notre Dame 5
4 Johns Hopkins 9
5 Notre Dame 13
5 Notre Dame 12
Bucknell 7
1 Syracuse 9
2 Princeton * 10
6 Towson 12
Duke 10
3 Maryland 11
6 Towson 12
2 Princeton 12
6 Towson 11
2 Princeton 8
7 Loyola Maryland 7
7 Loyola Maryland 11
Georgetown 9
  • * = Overtime

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament brackets" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "DIVISION I MEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Attendance Figures for the NCAA Men's Championships". LaxPower.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.


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